John Simone is out as general manager after 17 years and a group led by board members Bill Dutch, Joe Janowski and Paul Solomon (and three unnamed investors) will take over management of the team.

They will soon name their own general manager and promise change is coming for the Chiefs.

Do you believe this group can make change for the better at NBT Bank Stadium?

Let's take a look at what syracuse.com users have been saying about the move.

The Night Shift: "This will change nothing. People will not come back in droves just because there is a new board in place, You need to have a quality product on the field to inspire people to come out, and we haven't seen that here in years."

Chat Rat: "John Simone and his family created this mess! Those on the board who were not in Simone's back pocket tried to stop the bleeding for years to no avail. Tex and co. had a stranglehold on all of them. However things will be different now. No Simones, no hemorraging. It's a new day in Syracuse baseball."
Qusefan:"The games at NBT Bank Stadium drag on. I saw a game where the Chiefs were down 12 runs, and the top of the 9th took an hour, as the pitchers kept holding runners on base, with the bases loaded, with multiple throws to first, repeated pitcher-catcher conferences at the mound, and pitching coaches visits to the mound, ALL WITH THEM BEING 12 RUNS DOWN! Why hold a runner on first when you are down that much?

The Chiefs can do all kinds of marketing, adjust their prices, provide free parking, give away cars, but as long as the baseball product they present is garbage, the Chiefs will continue to fail. I've seen Single-A teams which were more competitive, were better at execution, and knew the rules.

Baseball fans of Syracuse and Central New York deserve better."
papadynamite:"The Chiefs First proposal is terrific. It shows the people behind it care for the Chiefs and Syracuse. Outsiders, thanks but no thanks! Chiefs First will initiate everything possible to make the Chiefs a going concern. This means that the Simone family will now be replaced by new management which will bring in new ideas to keep the Chiefs going. After all, they will have a vested interest to do what is best for the ballclub and won't be hampered by all the salaries of the Simones. I endorse the proposal! "

drradical:"The Chiefs may have a lot of problems...but location of the stadium is not one of them. Most of the talk I've heard over the years about why the stadium should have been built downtown centers around how good it would have been for the downtown area...not how good it would have been for the baseball fans of CNY. There are many fans who do not live within the city. Some say people won't go to the North Side for an event. Everyday I see the crowed parking lots of Destiny USA...where millions of people each year go to shop or to watch a movie or the eat at a restaurant. The biggest problem the Chiefs have, is that the community would rather play the game of " let me tell you all of the reasons the team will fail" instead of "Let's get behind this team and make it successful"

What do you think of the changes with the Syracuse Chiefs?

Can it lead to better things or will it be more of the same at NBT Stadium in 2014?

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